Department of Agriculture Archives

Human

PCIC gets bigger budget to protection Filipino farmers

logisticsnews.ph - January 26, 2026

The 2026 General Appropriations Act boosts the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) budget by a hefty 45 percent—raising it to PHP6.5 billion from last...

Sustainability

DA approves 100,000MT sugar export to US to ease pressure on local prices

logisticsnews.ph - January 12, 2026

The Department of Agriculture has approved the Sugar Regulatory Administration’s plan to export 100,000 metric tons of raw sugar to the US in an...

Sustainability

Audit spurs DA review of ill-funded goat breeding drive

logisticsnews.ph - December 26, 2025

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered a comprehensive review of an ambitious goat breeding program launched under the Duterte administration but...

Consumer

Local sugar shield extended as DA tightens import rules

logisticsnews.ph - December 21, 2025

The Department of Agriculture (DA) clarified on Sunday that the ban on sugar importation will remain in place until December next year—not September, when...

Consumer

DA cracks down on overpriced onions, pork as retailers flout MSRP

logisticsnews.ph - December 18, 2025

The Department of Agriculture (DA) intensified its crackdown on erring food retailers on Wednesday, issuing show-cause orders to a pork vendor and several onion...

Sustainability

DA preparing for massive hiring wave with passage of new laws

logisticsnews.ph - December 9, 2025

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is gearing up for a major hiring surge as new and upcoming laws aimed at boosting food production trigger...

Sustainability

DA freezes Spanish pork imports, assures ample holiday supply

logisticsnews.ph - December 7, 2025

The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday assured consumers of ample pork supply for the Christmas season even as it imposed a temporary ban...

Consumer

DA warns of fake rice import allocations

logisticsnews.ph - November 30, 2025

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is sounding the alarm over unscrupulous groups peddling bogus rice-import allocations in a bid to make quick money, warning...

Consumer

logisticsnews.ph - November 30, 2025

The Department of Agriculture will impose a P120-per-kilo maximum suggested retail price on both red and white onions starting today, December 1, a move...

Sustainability

Senate backs DA’s P184-B spending plan for 2026

logisticsnews.ph - November 19, 2025

The Department of Agriculture (DA) expressed gratitude to senators for crossing party lines to approve its P184.1-billion budget for 2026, strengthening efforts to boost...